Gems of Scottish Song: A Collection of the most beautiful scotch ballads, set to music. Arranged and compiiled from the very best sources, and latest revisals of the authors' works.
Oliver Ditson & Copmany, 1866. 1st Edition. Publisher's Cloth Binding. 4to. 200pp. Publishers pebble cloth with title in gilt inset in blind-stamped cartouche on front cover. Endpapers containing full contemporaneous catalogue of music offered by publisher. Lightly bumped corners and slight fading. Wear to head and tail of spine but binding firm and in sturdy condition. Oliver Ditson was a Bostonian of Scotish ancestry who apprenticed into the printing trade as a young man and eventually became one of the largest music publisher's in the US in the 19th century. Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson owned a copy of the same edition of this book. Very Good. Item #13206
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